Associations to the word «Gamba»

Wiktionary

GAMBA, noun. Shortened name for the string instrument viola da gamba.
GAMBA, noun. A rank of organ pipes, so-called for a supposed resemblance of the sound to that of a viola da gamba.

Dictionary definition

GAMBA, noun. Viol that is the bass member of the viol family with approximately the range of the cello.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope